# SENS, Aubrey de Grey, and Harassment

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**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/sens-aubrey-de-grey-and-harassment/261 "2021-08-11T17:58:15Z")\
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Aubrey claims:

> After speaking to Lisa I formulated the idea to write to James, but before doing so I called a board member, Michael Boocher. described my intent very clearly,  
> multiple times, during that call and, while not explicitly authorising me, he did not utter a syllable of discouragement. He did not see my exact text, of course, since  
> hadn’t yet composed the email, and I have accepted that could have been more unambiguous in some of my choices of words, but he unequivocally did not attempt  
> to dissuade me from sending anything.

From the Executive Summary of Investigative Findings:

> 37 Dr. de Grey said after sending the first email (but prior to drafting the second email), he called a SRF Board member on the SRF  
> Investigations Subcommittee during the night of August 11, 2021. During that call, he explained without specifying content or detail that  
> he intended to contact Complainant #2 via an unidentified individual. Dr. de Grey said after he conveyed his intent, there was “no trace of  
> discouragement” from the SRF Board member about it. The SRF Board member refuted this version of events, stating they received the  
> call very early in the morning (in a different time zone) after staying awake all night to attend a SRF Investigations Subcommittee meeting.  
> The SRF Board member explained the call came from an unlisted number, which they answered without knowing the caller was Dr. de  
> Grey. They described the call was polite before Dr. de Grey began “prodding” for information, which the SRF Board member said they did  
> not provide. After Dr. de Grey explained his intent to contact Complainant #2 via an unidentified individual, the SRF Board member said it  
> sounded like a “terrible idea.” The SRF Board member denied granting permission or encouraging Dr. de Grey in any way

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